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Department of East Asian Studies / Japanese Studies
Spitalgasse 2, Hof 2
Door 2.4; seminar room JAPANOLOGIE 1 (ground floor)
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International Conference
Deciphering the Social DNA of Happiness: Life Course Perspectives from Japan
24. April - 26. April 2014
In recent years, governments of several OECD countries including Japan have shown a heightened interest in gauging the happiness of their people. Previous research has shown that material and structural conditions as well as their subjective perception have an impact on the degree of happiness in and across populations. Many studies acknowledge cross-cultural variability, but the most prominent academic fields in happiness research, psychology and economics, are not fully capable of coming to terms with the dispositions and patterns of happiness in society. We propose that anthropology and sociology with their respective methodologies, both quantitative and qualitative, and heuristic assumptions are better equipped to explore the multidimensionality of happiness and well-being. For the purpose of deciphering ‚The Social DNA of Happiness in Japan‘, well-known Japan specialists will look at happiness and well-being with an eye to the shaping impacts of social institutions and socio-cultural values. By covering specific social groups, speakers will demonstrate how life stages and life events have a distinctive impact on their states and expressions of well-being in contemporary Japan.
Visit the conference page at Dept. of East Asian Studies/Japanese Studies, University of Vienna:
http://www.univie.ac.at/happiness-in-japan/
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Vorträge
Tag 1 24. April (Donnerstag)
18:00-20:00
Welcome, introduction and keynote speeches
Makoto TAKETOSHI, Japanese Ambassador to Austria
Matthias MEYER, Dean of Faculty, Vienna University
Barbara HOLTHUS and Wolfram MANZENREITER (University of Vienna, Austria)
Florian Coulmas
Shigehiro OISHI (University of Virginia, USA)
20:00-22:00
Welcome reception
Tag 2 25. April (Freitag)
9:30-10:00
Agenda setting
Barbara HOLTHUS and Wolfram MANZENREITER (University of Vienna, Austria)
10:00-12:00
Section 1: Childhood/adolescence
Eyal BEN-ARI (Kinneret College on the Sea of Galilee, Israel)
Yoko YAMAMOTO (Brown University, USA)
Christopher BONDY (International Christian University, Japan)
12:00-14:00
Lunch
14:00-16:00
Section 2: Adulthood: Marriage and family Part 1
Hiroshi ONO (Texas A&M University, USA)
Ofra GOLDSTEIN-GIDONI (Tel Aviv University, Israel)
James RAYMO (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
16:00-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-18:00
Section 3: Adulthood: Marriage and family Part 2
Tsipy Ivry (University of Haifa, Israel)
Yoshie MORIKI (International Christian University, Japan)
Mary BRINTON (Harvard University, USA)
19:00-21:30
Dinner
Tag 3 26. April (Samstag)
9:00-11:00
Section 4: Adulthood: Men at work - and at home
Roger GOODMAN (University of Oxford, UK)
Futoshi TAGA (Kansai University, Japan)
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
11:30-12:00
Section 5: Adulthood: Community building, part 1
Carola Hommerich
Phoebe Stella Holdgrün
13:30-15:00
Lunch
15:15-17:15
Section 7: Old age / end of life
Peter MATANLE (Sheffield University, UK)
Tim Tiefenbach
Celia SPODEN (Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany)
17:15-17:30
Coffee break
17:30-18:30
Conclusion
Gordon MATHEWS (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
Barbara HOLTHUS and Wolfram MANZENREITER (University of Vienna, Austria)
13:30-14:50
Section 6: Adulthood: Community building, part 2
Susanne KLIEN (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Mark MULLINS (University of Auckland, New Zealand)
14:50-15:15
Coffee break
Participants
Eyal Ben-Ari, PhD, Prof. emeritus
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Christopher Bondy, PhD, Associate Professor
Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
Mary Brinton, PhD, Full Professor
Dept. of Sociology, Harvard University, Boston, USA
Florian Coulmas, Prof. Dr.
Deutsches Institut fur Japanstudien, Tokyo, Japan
Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni, PhD, Chair
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Roger Goodman, PhD, Professor
Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies, University of Oxford, UK
Phoebe Holdgrun, Dr.
Deutsches Institut fur Japanstudien, Tokyo, Japan
Barbara Holthus, Dr. Dr.
Deutsches Institut fur Japanstudien, Tokyo, Japan
Carola Hommerich, Dr.
Deutsches Institut fur Japanstudien, Tokyo, Japan
Tsipy Ivry, PhD, Professor
Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Haifa, Israel
Susanne Klien, Dr.
Deutsches Institut fur Japanstudien, Tokyo, Japan
Wolfram Manzenreiter, Prof. Dr.
Department of East Asian Studies, University of Vienna, Austria
Peter Matanle, PhD, Professor
Sheffield University, School of East Asian Studies, UK
Gordon Mathews, PhD, Professor
Dept. of Anthropology, The Chinese University of Hongkong, China
Yoshie Moriki, PhD, Associate Professor
Dept. of Anthropology and Sociology, International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan
Mark Mullins, PhD, Professor
Faculty of Arts, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Shigehiro Oishi, PhD, Professor
Dept. of Psychology, University of Virginia, USA
Hiroshi Ono, PhD, Professor
Dept. of Sociology, Texas A&M University, USA
James Raymo, PhD, Professor
Dept. of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
Celia Spoden, MA
Modern Japan Institute, Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
Futoshi Taga, PhD, Professor
Dept. of Education and Culture, Kansai University, Osaka, Japan
Tim Tiefenbach, Dr.
Deutsches Institut fur Japanstudien, Tokyo, Japan
Yoko Yamamoto, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Brown University, Rhode Island, USA